{"id":2819,"date":"2018-12-16T12:49:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T17:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realbiblestudy.com\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2018-12-16T12:49:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T17:49:54","slug":"daily-bible-nugget-495-2-peter-318","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=2819","title":{"rendered":"Daily Bible Nugget #495, 2 Peter 3:18"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/fb:like>

The Nugget:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Peter 3:18<\/b><\/span>\u3000 But grow in grace, and <\/span>in<\/span><\/i> the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him <\/span>be<\/span><\/i> glory both now and for ever. Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n

My Comment:<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Once a person understands who Jesus Christ really is and has put his or her faith in what Jesus has promised (see the previous Daily Bible Nugget #494 on John 5:24), what steps should be taken next to grow and continue to grow in the Christian life?<\/p>\n

I first believed and understood the promise Jesus made in John 5:24 when I was a student in high school. One of the members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship (MYF) that I had just begun attending also attended Cass Technical High School. She invited me to attend the Voice of Christian Youth (VCY) Bible club that met after school every Tuesday, so I began attending.<\/p>\n

One of the guest speakers brought a simple message about how to grow as a Christian which I have never forgotten. The speaker spoke of three things required for spiritual growth. He compared these three things to three legs of a stool. If any one of the three things is missing in a Christian’s life, the person will not grow or stand up as a Christian anymore than a one or two-legged stool could stand up.<\/p>\n

Here are the three things:<\/p>\n

(1) Bible reading and study:\u00a0 God speaks to us as we read the Bible daily (Acts 17:11).<\/p>\n

(2) Prayer:\u00a0 We talk to God as we “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17).<\/p>\n

(3) Fellowship and soul winning:\u00a0 We share our faith with others (Proverbs 11:30).<\/p>\n

These three things if practiced regularly, even daily, will result in the spiritual growth we read about in 2 Peter 3:18.<\/p>\n<\/fb:like><\/fb:like><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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